An Act to encourage sales of meat through the use of animal share agreements and the creation of a processor grant program.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That   39-5-6 be AMENDED:

39-5-6. Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Animal food manufacturer," any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of a livestock carcass, or any part or product of the carcass;

(2) "Animal share," an ownership interest held in an animal by a consumer;

(3) "Capable for use as human food," any livestock carcass, or part or product of a the carcass of any livestock, unless it is denatured or otherwise:

(a) Denatured or identified as required by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the secretary to deter its use as human food, or it is naturally; or

(b) Naturally inedible by humans;

(3)(4) "Carcass," any part, including viscera, of any slaughtered livestock, that is capable of being used for human food;

(4)(5) "Custom exempt plant," a person engaged in plant that provides custom slaughtering and preparation of meat food products for household use by the owner, as provided in subdivision 39-5-11(2) for in   39-5-11;

(5) "Federal Meat Inspection Act," the act of Congress approved March 4, 1907, as amended and extended to January 1, 1991 (21 U.S.C.) and the imported meat provisions of subsections 620(b), (c) as amended to January 1, 1991;

(6) "Inedible products renderer," any a person engaged in the business of rendering livestock carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of livestock, except other than rendering conducted under inspection or exemption under in accordance with this chapter;

(7) "Inspector," an employee or official of this state, authorized by the secretary to inspect livestock or carcasses, parts thereof, or meat food products, under this chapter;

(8) "Intrastate commerce," commerce wholly within this state;

(9) "Label," a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any an article, other than a package liner;

(10) "Labeling," any label or other written, printed, or graphic matter, upon or accompanying any article or any of its containers or wrappers;

(11) "Livestock," cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae as permitted under   40-3-14, and any other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary;

(12) "Livestock producer," any natural a person, partnership, or corporation if over having more than fifty percent of his or its any annual income is derived from the production of agricultural products and on whose farm having an agricultural operation on which the number of livestock is in keeping with the size of the farm operation or the volume or character of the agricultural products produced thereon;

(13) "Meat," the edible part of the muscle of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae, and any other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary, which provided the edible part is skeletal or which is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart, or in the esophagus, with or without the accompanying and overlying fat, and the portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve, and blood vessels, which normally accompany the muscle tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of dressing. It The term does not include the muscle found in the lips, snout, or ears;

(14) "Meat broker," any a person engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock carcasses, parts thereof, or meat food products, on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such those articles other than for his the person's own account or as an employee of another person;

(15) "Meat by‑product," any edible part other than meat, which has been derived from one or more cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae, and or other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary;

(16) "Meat food products product," any product capable of use that can be used as human food, and which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, equine, ratites, captive cervidae, and or other species as requested by the owner and authorized by the secretary, excepting products which contain. The term does not include any product that:

(a) Contains meat, or other portions of such carcasses only